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6 Fixes to UnSAFe Starts

Scaling Agile is now proven in a multitude of Fortune 500 companies. From the case studies and presentations, it could look easy -- just follow what everyone else is doing, right?

But just as the anti-patterns of Scrum can maim the team, false starts at scale can paralyze the enterprise. Which six appear most often? In this session, Francis discusses how to be proactive in these unSAFe situations:

Managers not thinking Lean and teams believing in chickens and pigs

Alignment as lip service

Prioritization as a game

Building a portfolio practice without strong program execution

Using Agile to build bad code faster

Never looking back

We know that bullets may not be silver and fixes may not be quick... but knowledge is key to enterprise safety!

Outline/Structure of the Talk

But just as the anti-patterns of Scrum can maim the team, false starts at scale can paralyze the enterprise. Which six appear most often? In this session, Francis discusses how to be proactive in these unSAFe situations:

Managers not thinking Lean and teams believing in chickens and pigs

Alignment as lip service

Prioritization as a game

Building a portfolio practice without strong program execution

Using Agile to build bad code faster

Never looking back

Learning Outcome

those attending this session will learn the potential issues with SAFe adoption and how to best avoid those and continue their transformation journey.

Target Audience

anyone interested in or learning about scaling lean|agile best practices with their organizations

This is a good idea, perhaps we could do another talk on both the foundations of and the successful implementations of SAFe? We have a pattern of this in our case studies that can be disucssed. My fear is that in the 6 Fixes talk that there is not enough actual time in the presentation itself.